( 1st Revised Edition ) - Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One, On the Rock, Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz, The Prison Story of Alvin Karpis as Told to Robert Livesey (signed)( 25 / 1 )

Oakville, Ontario: Oakville, ON: L.B.S. Inc. Publications ( Little Brick Schoolhouse ), 2008, 1st REVISED LBS Edition, First Printing, 2008. ------------( 1st printing of the First revised Edition ) trade paperback, a Very Good+ example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, signed and inscribed "March 18, 2013 for Al and Pat Thanks for all your help. Another Al, Al Karpis, an old friend of mine back in the 1870's, is probably smiling up at us from down there. Robert Livesey", 318 pages, illustrated with b&w photos, ---this revised edition adds 12 pages to the earlier edition ---"[this] Special Edition 2008 ---Includes author's appendix about the life of Alvin Karpis after prison (1969-1979) and his death in Spain. ---This is the personal story of Alvin Karpis, America's only surviving 1930's Public Enemy #1 ---In the 1930's Crime era, the FBI tagged only four men as Public Enemy No 1 John Dillenger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, and Canadian-born Alvin Karpis. All but Karpis met violent ends. ---In 1936 the FBI arrested Karpis in New Orleans. He received a "life" sentence on a kidnapping charge to be served in the mysterious superprison in San Francisco Bay - Alcatraz. ---For twenty-six years Alcatraz housed America's most dangerous criminals, and inside the walls and cells bloody death, sexual perversity, and the brutality of the gaurds were commonplace. Karpis describes the black hole - solitary confinement - and tells of the violent deaths of the cons who failed in their escape bids."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description ). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6w x 9h Inches.